NGC 1562
| Galaxy NGC 1562 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 21 m 47.6 s |
| declination | -15 ° 45 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s:) 0o |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030745 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 9217 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(407 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (124.9 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | November 12, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1562 • PGC 14956 • 2MASX J04214762-1545198 • LDCE 0296 NED009 | |
NGC 1562 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 407 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on November 12, 1885 .